--- title: "2 Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins Quotes - Famous Writer" description: "Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins was an American writer, and author of the novel Four Girls At Cottage City (1895). An earlier novel, Megda (1891), was publis..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-emma-dunham-kelleyhawkins-33174.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-emma-dunham-kelleyhawkins-33174.jpg) # Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins (1863–1938) Writer United States **2** quotes in **13** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins was a writer from the United States. ## Quick Facts About Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins Born November 11, 1863 Died October 22, 1938 Nationality United States Profession Writer ## About Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins was an American writer, and author of the novel Four Girls At Cottage City (1895). An earlier novel, Megda (1891), was published under her maiden name of Emma Dunham Kelley and the pseudonym "Forget-me-not." Her father was Isaac Kelley, a sailor; her mother was Gabriella A. (Chase), and she had an older sister and younger half-brother. Kelley-Hawkins married Benjamin A. Hawkins, a civil engineer, in 1982 and had two daughters. Kelley-Hawkins and her work, which focused on themes of religion and gender, fell into obscurity before her death in 1938 as well as many years following. She later rose to prominence following the rediscovery of her works, with many focused on her racial identity. ## Quotes by Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins > [I despise a person of little mind - one might as well not have any.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-dunham-kelley-hawkins/i-despise-a-person-of-little-mind-one-might-as-well-not-have-any/) Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/emma-dunham-kelley-hawkins-108_despise_i-despise-a-person-of-little-mind-one-mi_49208.jpg) > [The world may take your reputation from you, but it cannot take your character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-dunham-kelley-hawkins/the-world-may-take-your-reputation-from-you-but-it-cannot-take-your/) Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins [Character](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/character/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/emma-dunham-kelley-hawkins-108_character_the-world-may-take-your-reputation-from_1461039.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-dunham-kelley-hawkins/#itemlist", "name": "Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I despise a person of little mind - one might as well not have any.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-dunham-kelley-hawkins/i-despise-a-person-of-little-mind-one-might-as-well-not-have-any/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/emma-dunham-kelley-hawkins-108_despise_i-despise-a-person-of-little-mind-one-mi_49208.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/emma-dunham-kelley-hawkins-108_despise_i-despise-a-person-of-little-mind-one-mi_49208.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/emma-dunham-kelley-hawkins-108_despise_i-despise-a-person-of-little-mind-one-mi_49208.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I despise a person of little mind - one might as well not have any.” — Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The world may take your reputation from you, but it cannot take your character.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-dunham-kelley-hawkins/the-world-may-take-your-reputation-from-you-but-it-cannot-take-your/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/emma-dunham-kelley-hawkins-108_character_the-world-may-take-your-reputation-from_1461039.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/emma-dunham-kelley-hawkins-108_character_the-world-may-take-your-reputation-from_1461039.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/emma-dunham-kelley-hawkins-108_character_the-world-may-take-your-reputation-from_1461039.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The world may take your reputation from you, but it cannot take your character.” — Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-dunham-kelley-hawkins/#person", "name": "Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-dunham-kelley-hawkins/", "image": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-emma-dunham-kelleyhawkins-33174.jpg" }, { "@type": "ProfilePage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-dunham-kelley-hawkins/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-dunham-kelley-hawkins/", "name": "Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-dunham-kelley-hawkins/#person" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d85/emma-dunham-kelley-hawkins-108_despise_i-despise-a-person-of-little-mind-one-mi_49208.jpg" }, "description": "Emma Dunham Kelley-Hawkins was an American writer, and author of the novel Four Girls At Cottage City (1895). 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